The World Health Organization (WHO) stressed that medical staff and health workers should prioritize vaccination against Corona 19 over athletes participating in the Tokyo Olympics.
WHO emergency response team leader Michael Ryan said at a video press briefing on the 25th local time, when asked whether athletes should be vaccinated first, “the current amount of vaccine is not enough to provide the most at-risk people,” Reuters reported. I did.
In addition, he said that whether or not to hold the Tokyo Olympics will be decided by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Japanese authorities, not by WHO.
He said the WHO will provide risk management advice to the IOC, Tokyo Metropolitan Government, and Japan’s Ministry of Health and Welfare, but “the final decision on the Olympic risk management measures and the final decision on the Olympics itself will be decided by the IOC and the Japanese authorities.”
Along with this, the WHO re-emphasized the fair distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine.
WHO secretary-general Thewardros Adhanom Governor Yeosus said the world would face economic failure if vaccines were concentrated in only a few countries. The results of a study by the International Labor Organization (ILO) and the International Chamber of Commerce Research Foundation Introduced.
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